I have received three reports this month from The Netherlands
(North Holland and then South Holland) of a Herring Gull colour ringed in
Guernsey – White 8JA0. What is more...this same bird has previously been
reported from Scotland in October 2014! These would be exceptional movements
for a locally-reared bird. However, this gull was caught in November 2013, in
its first winter, during one of our infrequent winter gull catches. It is still a
very exciting series of movements, but the gull is most likely to originate
from a colony much further north than Guernsey, which was wintering in the
islands in 2013.
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| Herring Gull White 8JA0 at Mejendl Beach, South Holland (c) Vincent van der Spek |
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